[Relapse of testicular mixed germ cell tumor 15 years after initial treatment]

Rev Med Liege. 2006 Oct;61(10):671-4.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report the case of a patient with a symptomatic retroperitoneal tumor. The patient had undergone, 15 years earlier, an orchiectomy and three cycles of chemotherapy for a testicular mixed germ cell tumor. Histology after radical surgical excision revealed a metastasis of mature teratoma. The 183 month interval between initial treatment and relapse is one of the longest ever reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / diagnosis*
  • Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Teratoma / diagnosis*
  • Teratoma / therapy*
  • Testicular Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Time Factors